Wordplay  Jason Mraz

 
 
 ______________ 
 / Jason Mraz / This song was the first single off the Mr. A-Z album. There 
 / Wordplay / were great expectations from the record company and the rest 
 / Mr. A-Z / of the industry for this album to be a financial success. Here 
 /_____________/ Mraz expresses the dilemma of holding on to the innocence in 
 music when he is expected to make a serious commercial success. 
 
 Chords: 
 G6 Cadd9 Dsus2 Em7 Am7 Em D/f# Am6 B D 
 e---0------0-------0------0-----0----0------------5----7----2---| 
 B---3------3-------3------3-----1----0-----3------7----7----3---| 
 G---0------0-------2------0-----0----0-----2------5----8----2---| 
 D---0------2-------0------2-----2----2-----0------7----9----0---| 
 A---2------3--------------2-----0----2-----0--------------------| 
 E---3---------------------0----------0-----2--------------------| 
 
 fill-1: fill-2: 
 [Em7] [Cadd9] 
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 |-----------------| |-3---------------| 
 |-----------------| |-0---------------| 
 |-----------------| |-2---------------| 
 |---------2-------| |-3---2---0-------| 
 |-0---3---0-------| |-------------3---| 
 
 Intro: 
 ||: G6 | Cadd9 | Dsus2 | Dsus2 :|| x2 
 
 
 Verse: 
 ||: Em7 | G6 | Am7 | Am7 :|| x4 
 
 | fill-1 | G6 | Am7 | Am7 | 
 
 
 Chorus: 
 ||: G6 | Cadd9 | Dsus2 | Dsus2 :|| x3 
 
 | Em | D/f# | Cadd9 | Cadd9 | 
 
 
 Interlude: 
 | G6 | Cadd9 | Dsus2 | Dsus2 | 
 
 
 Verse (rest the very last G6) 
 
 
 Chorus (extend it with | Cadd9 | Cadd9 |) 
 
 
 Bridge: 
 | Am6 | Am6 | B | B | 
 
 | Em | D | Cadd9 | fill-2 | 
 
 | Am6 | Am6 | B | B | 
 
 
 Chorus 
 
 
 Chorus (fade out on Cadd9) 
 
 I've been all around the world 
 I've been a new sensation 
 But it doesn't really matter in this ge-generation 
 The sophomore slump is an uphill battle 
 And someone said that ain't my scene 
 'Cause they need a new song 
 Like a new religion 
 Music for the television 
 I can't do the long division 
 Someone do the math 
 For the record label puts me on the shelf up in the freezer 
 Got to find another way to live the life of leisure 
 So I drop my top 
 Mix and I mingle 
 Is everybody ready for the single and it goes 
 
 Ha-la-la-la-la 
 Now listen closely to the verse I lay 
 Ha-la-la-la-la 
 It's all about the wordplay 
 Ha-la-la-la-love 
 The wonderful thing it does 
 Because, because I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's 
 Yeah, the Mister A to Z 
 They say I'm all about the wordplay 
 
 When it's time to get ill, I got your remedy 
 For those who don't remember me 
 Well, let me introduce you to my style 
 I try to keep a jumble 
 And the lyrics never mumble 
 When the music's makin' people tongue-tied 
 You want a new song 
 Like a new religion 
 Music for the television 
 I can't do the long division 
 Someone do the math 
 For the people write me off like I'm a one-hit wonder 
 Gotta find another way to keep from goin' under 
 Pull out the stops 
 Got your attention 
 I guess it's time again for me to mention the wordplay 
 
 Ha-la-la-la-la 
 Now listen closely to the verse I lay 
 Ha-la-la-la-la 
 It's all about the wordplay 
 Ha-la-la-la-love 
 The wonderful thing it does 
 Because, because I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's 
 Yeah, the Mister A to Z 
 They say I'm all about the wordplay 
 
 I built a bridge across the stream my consciousness 
 It always seems to be a flowin' 
 But I don't know which way my brain is goin' 
 Oh the ryhmin' and the timin' 
 Keeps the melodies inside me 
 And they're comin' 
 Till I'm running out of air 
 Are you prepared to take a dive into the deep end of my head 
 Are you listening to a single word I've said 
 
 Ha-la-la-la-la 
 Listen closely to the words I say 
 Ha-la-la-la-la 
 I'm stickin' to the wordplay 
 Ha-la-la-la-love 
 The wonderful thing it does 
 Because, because I am the wizard of ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's 
 Yeah, the Mister A to Z 
 They say I'm all about the wordplay 
 
 Ha-la-la-la-la 
 I'm all about the wordplay 
 Ha-la-la-la-la 
 Stickin' with the wordplay 
 Ha-la-la-la-love 
 I love the wonderful thing it does 
 Because, because the ooh's and ah's and fa-la-la's fall back in love 
 For the Mister A to Z 
 They say is all about the wordplay 
 
 
 - 13th /September /08